The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (Fitness to Practise and Disqualification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Disclosure provisions

16.—(1) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the date on which the person concerned is served with the notice given under regulation 13 (“the referral date”), the Society must serve on the person concerned—

(a) finalised particulars of the allegation, sufficiently particularised to enable them to understand the allegation;

(b) any statements of evidence, expert reports or other documents relied upon by the Society in support of its case, not previously served upon the person concerned;

(c) any evidence or documents that the Society has in its possession (other than documents for which privilege is claimed) which, whilst not relied upon by the Society, may assist the person concerned in the preparation of their defence;

(d) a list of witnesses whose evidence is (or whose oral evidence will be) relied upon by the Society in support of its case;

(e) a copy of the listing questionnaire duly completed by the Society; and

(f) any time estimate for the duration of the Society’s case.

(2) As soon as reasonably practicable after the date of service of the material set out in paragraph (1), the person concerned must serve on the secretary—

(a) an agreed time estimate for the duration of the hearing; and

(b) a copy of the listing questionnaire, duly completed by the person concerned.

(3) If the parties are unable to agree a time estimate for the duration of the hearing, they must request case management directions.

(4) As soon as reasonably practicable after the date of service of the material set out in paragraph (1) and in any event, not less than 28 days before the date of the hearing, the person concerned must serve on the Society—

(a) any statements of evidence (including witness statements), expert reports or other documents; and

(b) a list of witnesses whose evidence is (or whose oral evidence will be),

relied upon by the person concerned in support of their case.

(5) The parties must notify the secretary of any changes to the agreed time estimate for the hearing or to the information provided by the parties in the listing questionnaire as soon as possible after becoming aware that that estimate or information has changed.